---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires state agencies to conform any of their websites to the most current version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines adopted by the World Wide Web Consortium for accessibility"
description: "Requires state agencies to conform any of their websites to the most current version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines adopted by the World Wide Web Consortium for accessibility; requires the office of information technology services to provide a report to the governor and legislature every two years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 266"
citation: "New York A 266 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Burdick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cf1d125-431a-4c9c-8cba-52224136f4f1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A266"
source_hash: "7bf98582812a67c00ed67903a3f04671c96d36ddaedb16b498a515e49ee436ed"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 266 (2023-2024) — Requires state agencies to conform any of their websites to the most current version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines adopted by the World Wide Web Consortium for accessibility

Requires state agencies to conform any of their websites to the most current version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines adopted by the World Wide Web Consortium for accessibility; requires the office of information technology services to provide a report to the governor and legislature every two years.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A266** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A266&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A266A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A266A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Burdick — primary (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Gina Sillitti — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Inez E. Dickens — cosponsor (person)
- Jen Lunsford — cosponsor (person)
- Joe DeStefano — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Rivera — cosponsor (person)
- Manny De Los Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-04** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** PRINT NUMBER 266A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-17** REPORTED
- **2023-04-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.122
- **2023-05-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-10** REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-15** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3114A
- **2023-05-15** 3RD READING CAL.431
- **2023-05-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-15** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.734 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.60

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5cf1d125-431a-4c9c-8cba-52224136f4f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).